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Frasca stands up to heavyweight in AHL debut; 'grateful to be here' after long injury rehab

Jordan Frasca had to wait a little longer than he would have liked for his AHL debut.

Two months, to be exact.

Frasca had a strong start to the NHL training camp up in Pittsburgh. He got into a preseason game in Columbus in the Penguins' split-squad preseason opener and scored the lone goal in a loss. It was two days later in practice when Frasca got tripped up in a drill and fell back on his ankle, suffering a high ankle sprain.

It was awhile before Frasca could even put weight on that ankle, let alone skate.